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The movie is a fictionalized biography of Pancho Villa , starring Wallace Beery , Leo Carrillo and Fay Wray . Lee Tracy was originally cast in a supporting role but was fired after drunkenly urinating off a balcony onto the Mexican crowd below. Tracy's career never fully recovered from this incident, although he did make other films, most notably Gore Vidal 's '' The Best Man '' thirty years later.


"VIVA VILLA!"

"Viva Villa!" is also a shout meant to praise Pancho Villa in times of injustice. Much like "Viva Zapata!"


TRIVIA

  • This film partially inspired the creation of the 1952 film titled, Viva Zapata! . The screenplay was written by author John Steinbeck .



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